Elaine
Devary Willman, MPA is the author of
Going To Pieces…the dismantling the
United States of America, first
published in 2005. The book reports on
first person visits and experiences of
tribal members and citizens residing on
or near seventeen Indian reservations
during her extensive road trip across
the country from Washington State to New
York State. Willman’s book is selling
faster now in 2015 and 2016 than when
initially published because the fears
expressed in the book are now America’s
reality.
In March 2016
Elaine published her second
Book Slumbering Thunder… a primer for
confronting the spread of federal Indian
policy and tribalism overwhelming
America. This is a lay person's
reference manual designed to increase
the understanding of the basics of
federal Indian policy, including tools
to challenge federal and tribal
government overreach.
Subsequent to her
two year attendance at Ventura College
of Law, Ms. Willman received a Masters
degree in Public Administration from Cal
State University in 1991, and has
obtained 96 credits towards her doctoral
work in public policy. Having lived in
Western States for over thirty years,
and within two Indian reservations for
more than twenty years, Ms. Willman has
extensive knowledge about federal Indian
policy, land use status within Indian
reservations, dual-jurisdiction and
Constitutional conflicts that impact the
rights and lives of tribal members as
well as other American citizens.
Ms. Willman’s mother and grandmother
were enrolled Cherokee members; her
spouse is of Shoshone ancestry, and is a
direct descendant of Sacajawea. She
served as National Chair of Citizens
Equal Rights Alliance (CERA) from 2001 –
2007 and remains an active CERA Board
Member. Mrs. Willman has blended her
local land use and strategic planning
expertise with federal Indian policy to
inform and engage counties, towns and
citizens that are co-located within or
near federally recognized Indian
reservations.
From 2008 until
June 2015 Ms. Willman served the Village
of Hobart, Wisconsin, as their Director
of Community Development and Tribal
Affairs. Having made several trips to
Montana to study and oppose the CSKT
Water Compact, Ms. Willman determined to
move her household and business to
Ronan, Montana in July 2015 to address
the current and long-term impacts of
federal and tribal government over-reach
in Western Montana.
Two of her
recent articles were recently published
in Western Ag Reporter, and because of
the second article, she was recently
given a monthly column in
Newswithviews.com.
CERF/CERA believes and defends the constitutional rights of Indians
and non-Indians. Our mission is to change federal Indian policies
that threaten or restrict the individual rights of all citizens
living on or near Indian reservations. We do not tolerate racial
prejudice of any kind. We do not knowingly associate with anyone who
discriminates based on race. http://citizensalliance.org/
Rights
of Indians and Non-Indians
CERF/CERA believes
and defends the constitutional rights of Indians and non-Indians.
Our mission is to change federal Indian policies that threaten or
restrict the individual rights of all citizens living on or near
Indian reservations. We do not tolerate racial prejudice of any
kind. We do not knowingly associate with anyone who discriminates
based on race.
http://citizensalliance.org/
American
Tribal Tyranny:
...how federal Indian policy secretly monies up elected
officials forcing American taxpayers to fund all annual
operating needs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Are
you a community leader or landowner on an Indian reservation having
difficulty finding information on federal Indian policy decisions
that affect your county, town or private land?
Slumbering Thunder
provides informational strength and reference for a basic knowledge
of government decisions affecting your life, the lives of struggling
tribal families, and the future of your state, and our country.
The federal Executive Branch and federal agencies are using 566
tribal governments and Indian reservations in 43 states as launch
pads to expand tribal authority over non-tribal citizens. The rapid
spread of tribalism is erasing state authority over its natural
resources, and protections of property rights and citizens.
American taxpayers in metropolitan areas may also be shocked to know
the direct impacts upon all Americans, even those living far distant
from reservations. This book addresses a bottomless-pit of annual
trillions of taxpayer dollars keeping tribal families in apartheid
and continual poverty.
Slumbering Thunder will give you decision-making tools, model
letters, and commentaries about your protections, rights of local
governments and states when
experiencing federal and tribal government intrusions.
About
Going To
Pieces…the
Dismantling
of the
United
States of
America:
Think
“Thelma and
Louise” –
two women
who took an
unusual road
trip. Only
the road
trip that is
Going To
Pieces… is
about a
system
taking down
this country
economically,
politically
and
geographically.
The author
and a
videographer
journeyed
across 17
Indian
reservations
from
Washington
State to New
York,
capturing
over 130
hours of
direct
testimony on
video from
farmers,
tribal
members,
teachers,
bankers,
sheriffs –
all manner
of folk who
live within
the historic
or actual
boundaries
of Indian
reservations.
The stories
captured
were so
stark. The
folks
speaking had
felt unheard
for decades.
The author
promised
each of them
that their
story would
be told and
offered
anonymity to
anyone in
need. No one
wanted
anonymity.
“Tell the
truth; we
have to be
heard.”
While the
road trip
occurred in
the fall of
2004, and
the book was
written in
the spring
of 2005, due
to serious
controversy
and risk,
the author
has just
this year
assigned an
ISBN number
to Going to
Pieces…and
made it
available to
the open
market.
The original
purpose of
the journey
was to
produce an
88-minute
documentary,
but the
people
interviewed
and the
stories told
were so
many, a
documentary
fell short.
So, the
author
transcribed
the actual
words from
the 130
hours of
video, and
re-lived the
journey for
the reader.
The reader
is asked to
realize that
this book
only
addresses 17
of the 565
federally
recognized
Indian
tribes, and
leaves it to
the reader
to imagine
the full
impact
occurring
across rural
America, and
now through
tribal
casinos,
seeping
quickly into
urban
America.
Mainstream
media is
continuously
and
substantially
funded by
tribal
casino
advertising
dollars that
the reality
of life on
Indian
reservations
is taboo to
discuss out
loud or on
television,
in print or
on the
radio. The
end result
is
“hush-money”
to never
discuss real
life on
Indian
reservations.
Both
political
parties are
equally
funded with
campaign
donations
from tribal
governments,
tribal
associations
and
thousands of
lobbyists,
to the
extent that
Congress
quickly
serves some
565 tribal
governments
and turns a
mournful
deaf ear to
the hundreds
of thousands
of their
constituents
who live on
or near
Indian
reservations
but are not
tribal
members.
Do you
know... that
at least 90
major public
spaces and
natural
resources,
including
Redwood
National
Monument
(CA) and
Joshua Tree
National
Monument
(CA), are
targeted by
the
Department
of the
Interior,
the Bureau
of Land
Management,
the Bureau
of
Reclamation,
the National
Park Service
and U.S.
Fish and
Wildlife, to
be turned
over to
private
tribal
governments?
The list
includes: 41
national
refuges; 34
national
parks,
wildlife
refuges and
hatcheries;
and 15
regional
water
projects. In
each
instance, a
tribe will
take over
the
management
of these
public
lands. The
problem is
that what
tribes do
rarely
involves any
public
process,
oversight or
transparency.
As can be
seen in the
areas where
tribal
governments
have taken
over or been
given
oversight of
public
lands,
public
access is
often
limited or
ended. And
the tribes
won't pay
for the
management
of these
sites; the
taxpayers
will.
Do you
know... that
one small
Montana
tribe of
5,130 people
had in 2004,
an annual
Operational
Management
Budget of
$373
million?
This annual
budget of a
single tribe
is larger
than the
national
U.S. Fish
and
Wildlife's
annual
budget for
the entire
country.
Do you
know…every
Indian
reservation
is
co-located
within a
county or
counties and
often towns,
villages and
cities?
Their tribal
government
annual
operating
budgets
exceed the
annual
operating
budget of
the counties
in which
they are
located.
A Severely Wounded American Eagle* Some conditions never change. While Aesop lived 2,500 years ago in the 600 BC era, the simple fable messages of Aesop ring true through today. Borrowing from Aesop, our national bird, the American Eagle, is a metaphor for the internal self-destruction we citizens are doing to the United States. This introduction provides a backdrop upon which the focus of American Tribal Tyranny is occurring. The focus is on federal Indian policy. Please note that federal Indian policies are decisions made by our federal, state and local elected officials, on behalf of tribal governments, but not by tribal governments whose only authority is over its Indian trust lands and its enrolled tribal members. A Severely Wounded American Eagle - Comm[...] PDF [249 KB]
Elaine
Devary Willman, MPA is the author of
Going To Pieces…the dismantling the
United States of America, first
published in 2005. The book reports on
first person visits and experiences of
tribal members and citizens residing on
or near seventeen Indian reservations
during her extensive road trip across
the country from Washington State to New
York State. Willman’s book is selling
faster now in 2015 and 2016 than when
initially published because the fears
expressed in the book are now America’s
reality.
